Cover:
5 Masks out of 10.
It's somebody's mask with a zipper over the mouth.
I don't know who's fucking mask it is and I don't care. Slipknot and the
album title are in the clear spine. I think the cover could have been
better but I'll still give it a 5 because I don't want that Clown to come
knocking on my door at 4 in the morning.
Booklet: 9
Murderdolls out of 10.
As you would expect this has a bunch of photos,
weird shit, lyrics, credits, and assorted things to look at. There are
some photos of the mansion they recorded at, which was supposedly owned
by Harry Houdini's mistress.
Songs:
9 Stone
Sours out of 10.
I needed to listen to this record a few times
before I finally got into it but eventually I did and it's pretty fucking
cool. It has more diversity then their previous records and it's not
all 100% balls out all the time. This time it's only 95% balls out.
They actually have two acoustic type songs, one called "Circle"
and one called "Vermilion Pt 2" which sounds like something
that Corey's other band "Stone Sour" would do. I would have
had no clue these two songs were Slipknot had I KNOT (get it) know.
There is also no swearing at all! This record didn't even get a parental
advisory sticker. No fucks, cunts, assholes, motherfuckers, no "I
wanna slit your throat and fuck the wound" or anything. That's
another surprise. However, it's not all puppies and kittens because
there is plenty of brutal type songs that have just as much aggression
as anything they've done in the past. My favorite tracks are the heavier
ones like "Duality," "Opium Of The People," and
"Pulse Of The Maggots."
It's heavy shit with some insane drumming by Joey Jordison. The riffs
are also cool and while being heavy, there is some melody going on and
they keep things interesting by throwing in random tempo changes and
shit like that. I guess you could say there is more growth and songwriting,
which is better for the band in the long run.
Comments: Their
last record "Iowa" was 66 minutes long and basically 66 minutes
of rage, anger, and Satan. This record is 60 minutes long and about
50 minutes of good rage, anger, and Satan. I prefer that because you
need a breather every now and then to go get a beer or take a piss.
Works for me.
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